{"id":917398,"date":"2026-10-02T04:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T04:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917398\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T04:24:12","slug":"gypsy-roses-baby-daddy-ken-urker-dead-at-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917398\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsy Rose&#8217;s Baby Daddy Ken Urker Dead at 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Gypsy Rose Blanchard<br \/>\n                          Baby Daddy<br \/>\n                          Ken Urker Dead<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:29 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                                8:46 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261002_891b62042dca4ef7a7d10367e62c7897\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:470ed77e-cb93-434c-a974-2812ed156849\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/891b62042dca4ef7a7d10367e62c7897_md.jpg\" alt=\"Gypsy rose ken instgaram\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>8:20PM PT &#8212; The Lafourche Sheriff\u2019s Office tells TMZ &#8230; \u201cWe responded to a residence in Raceland today after receiving a call at 6:15 p.m. Kenan Urker, 34, was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gypsy-rose-blanchard\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gypsy Rose Blanchard<\/a>\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ken-urker\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Urker<\/a>, has died at the age of 33 &#8230; TMZ has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Family sources tell TMZ &#8230; Ken was found unresponsive Thursday in Louisiana, on his birthday.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240909_a1b1a90381ba415098a593fc7464be36\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:470ed77e-cb93-434c-a974-2812ed156849\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a1b1a90381ba415098a593fc7464be36_md.jpg\" alt=\"ken urker gypsy rose ring\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told Gypsy texted Ken &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; but did not get a response. Our sources tell us Gypsy&#8217;s brother Dylan later discovered Ken in the home.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20231228_467ac0e9da2b463a947b966c8d51cabb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:470ed77e-cb93-434c-a974-2812ed156849\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/467ac0e9da2b463a947b966c8d51cabb_md.jpg\" alt=\"gypsy rose ryan scott anderson\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ken and Gypsy got engaged while she was behind bars. They then broke up and Gypsy married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ryan-anderson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Anderson<\/a> \u2026 who later split and she got back with Ken.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250101_e8bc9ced1122474d9a19d1b6abb85b27\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:470ed77e-cb93-434c-a974-2812ed156849\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/e8bc9ced1122474d9a19d1b6abb85b27_md.jpg\" alt=\"gypsy rose blanchard ken urker baby sub instagram kenurker\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ken and Gypsy Rose share a daughter named Aurora Raina Urker, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/01\/01\/gypsy-rose-blanchard-gives-birth\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">born<\/a> in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told Gypsy, her family and Ken\u2019s family are in shock.<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-b16cd10a-456d-45bf-85cd-da9239903921\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2023\/12\/30\/gypsy-rose-blanchard-through-the-years\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:b16cd10a-456d-45bf-85cd-da9239903921\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:470ed77e-cb93-434c-a974-2812ed156849\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4466067eb9a74f6d8de6ca0a82404b17_md.jpg\" alt=\"Gypsy Rose Blanchard Through The Years\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to Gypsy and Ken&#8217;s family &#8230; so far no word back<\/p>\n<p>Ken was 33, today would have been his 34th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gypsy Rose Blanchard Baby Daddy Ken Urker Dead Published October 1, 2026 6:29 PM PDT | Updated October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-917398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}